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September 27, 2007 | Steve Chawkins, Times Staff Writer
Officials at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced a $60-million pledge to the school's architecture department Wednesday, calling it the largest gift in the history of the California State University system. The anonymous donation is from a "very, very successful entrepreneur" who studied architecture at the school until financial difficulties forced him to drop out, said Henri T. de Hahn, head of Cal Poly's 850-student architecture department.
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June 18, 2006 | Peter H. King, Times Staff Writer
One warm Friday night in late spring 10 years ago, Kristin Denise Smart and three other young women started walking from their dorms at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They were headed for the neighborhoods of apartment complexes and overpopulated "Animal House"-like bungalows that border the campus. They were looking for a party. It was Memorial Day weekend. Kristin's first year away at college was coming to a close. The 19-year-old from Stockton would have considered that something to celebrate.
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May 6, 2004 | Jean-Paul Renaud, Times Staff Writer
A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who sued the school for allegedly violating his 1st Amendment rights reached a settlement with the university this week. The school promised to expunge Steve Hinkle's disciplinary record and to pay $40,000 in legal fees. Hinkle, a 23-year-old industrial technology major, was reprimanded in November 2002 after several students complained that fliers he had posted in the school's multicultural center were offensive.
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April 16, 2004 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has received a pledge of $7 million from trial attorney Joseph Cotchett to fund an initiative to provide more mathematics and science teachers in low-income areas. The program will include training for teachers who will commit to working in low-income neighborhoods, a summer professional development program for educators already in those neighborhoods and scholarships for aspiring teachers.
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March 21, 2004 | Stuart Silverstein and Doug Smith, Times Staff Writers
Sheva Diagne, a high school senior with strong grades and SAT scores, is intrigued by the array of options for college. She has applied to a long list of top institutions, public and private, and anticipates struggling with her final choice. But it was easy for her to rule out one of the first schools she visited, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.
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March 12, 2004 | From Times Wire Reports
SAN LUIS OBISPO The discovery of endangered snails halted the environmental review of a planned 2,700-bed dormitory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. It will delay completion of the report, but it's not expected to affect the construction phase of the project, said school official Larry Kelley. Fourteen Morro shoulderband snails, which are on the federal list of endangered species, were found during a recent inspection, the university said.